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The Benefits of Going High-Speed With Your Internet Access

Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just broadband, is high-speed Internet access-typically contrasted with dial-up access over a modem.

Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a telephone line-whereas broadband technologies supply at least double this speed and generally without disrupting telephone use. (Though the opposite word for broadband is not dial up, it is used here for practical understanding purposes only.)

Although various minimum speeds have been used in definitions of broadband, ranging up from 64 kbit/s up to 1.0 Mbit/s, the 2006 OECD report is typical in counting only download speeds equal to or faster than 256 kbit/s as broadband, and the US FCC currently defines broadband as anything above 768 kbit/s

Speeds are defined in terms of maximum download because several common consumer broadband technologies such as ADSL are "asymmetric"-supporting much slower maximum upload speeds than download.

It's a high-speed world out there; don't you want your computer to keep up? There isn't much on the Internet these days that doesn't require a high-speed connection in order to fully experience and appreciate what the Web has to offer. Business moves faster, people keep in touch more with e-mail than ever before and groundbreaking events are broadcast to the world in a matter of seconds. Even people who use the Internet for chatting and downloading songs are counting on a high-speed connection for the ultimate in convenience and ease without being kicked offline for periods of time.

When you sign up for a high-speed Internet connection, you put an end to:

• Waiting minutes for simple downloads.
• The frustration of being kicked offline due to server overload.

With a high-speed connection, you'll have:

• The fastest downloads
• A smoother running office or business
• An "always on" connection
• Quick access to the information you need and want

A high-speed connection will enable you to be online all the time, which means no more annoying dial-up wait time. You can count on the reliability and efficiency of high-speed Internet in your own home and office. Also, most phone and cable providers are now DSL and/or cable Internet providers, so you won't have an extra bill every month.

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